Sale driving test centre: practice routes and pass rate
36 - 38 Poplar Grove, Sale, M33 7ER
Sale had a car driving test pass rate of 51.4% from April 2025 to March 2026 (10,921 tests), 1.3 points above the average across UK test centres (50.1%). Drive Round App has 9 practice routes around the centre; a typical route is about 10.5 km and takes around 25 minutes, mostly on town and residential roads (65%) and B roads (17%).
What the practice routes cover
- Town and residential roads65%
- B roads17%
- A roads15%
- Country lanes3%
- Dual carriageways1%
On a typical route you'll go through 2 roundabouts and 5 sets of traffic lights.
Roundabouts on several routes
- B5165 Stockport Road / Brooklands Road · Roundabout2 of 9 routes
- Woodhouse Lane / Manor Avenue · Roundabout2 of 9 routes
Roads the routes use most
- Brooklands Road6 of 9 routes
- Hope Road6 of 9 routes
- A56 Washway Road5 of 9 routes
- A6144 Marsland Road4 of 9 routes
- B5165 Park Road3 of 9 routes
- B5166 Northenden Road3 of 9 routes
- B5167 Wythenshawe Road3 of 9 routes
- B5397 Wythenshawe Road3 of 9 routes
Pass rate
From April 2025 to March 2026, 10,921 car tests were taken at Sale and 5,613 passed: a pass rate of 51.4%.
Source: DVSA, “Practical car pass rates by gender, month and DTC” (DRT122A). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Practise these routes
Open the 9 Sale routes in the app with turn-by-turn navigation, then record your drive and get an AI report on how it went.
These are practice routes built by Drive Round App around the test centre, not official test routes: DVSA doesn't publish its routes, and examiners can use any road in the area. Practise a mix of roads and junctions, not one route. Routes last updated 19 October 2026.